Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Comments on the Perturbation Method....Pages 1-15
Some Aspects of Complete Monotonicity in Time-Reversible Markov Chains....Pages 17-24
Transformations of Poisson Processes: Particle Systems and Networks....Pages 25-44
On the Local Time of the Brownian Bridge....Pages 45-62
Probabilistic Token Causation: A Bayesian Perspective....Pages 63-72
On a Statistical Algorithm to Decode Heavily Corrupted Linear Codes....Pages 73-82
Mean Cover Times for Coupon Collectors and Star Graphs....Pages 83-94
Models for the Spread of Infection via Pairing at Parties....Pages 95-113
Extremes of Random Numbers of Random Variables: A Survey....Pages 115-127
Optimality of Sequential Quality Control via Stochastic Orders....Pages 129-147
Reallocatable GSMP with Sequentially Dependent Lifetimes: Clockwise Decomposability and its Applications....Pages 149-172
Random Matrices and the Number of {0,1} Matrices with given Row and Column Sums....Pages 173-189
Monotone Optimal Policies for Left-Skip-Free Markov Decision Processes....Pages 191-202
Optimal Routing Control in Retrial Queues....Pages 203-218
Waiting Times when Service Times are Stable Laws: Tamed and Wild....Pages 219-229
Winning the Hand of the Princess Saralinda....Pages 231-246
Analysis of Multiple Queues with Passing Servers....Pages 247-262
Some Properties of Throughput in a Queueing Network with Changing-Speed Servers and Blocking....Pages 263-276
Quasi-Stationary Distributions of Markov Chains Arising from Queueing Processes: A Survey....Pages 277-311
Estimating Customer Loss Rates from Transactional Data....Pages 313-332
Back Matter....Pages 333-337